Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Where Not To Place Your Yoga Mat

Daylight Saving Time, CERT training and The 'Fugee's surgery to repair her lover's fracture have made for a hard week.

During CERT training, learned about the STL's Zombie Squad. Earlier in the day, kind of felt like a zombie before I took to the bed for two hours. Don't even think that I slept for much of that time -- just couldn't deal with being vertical.

Went to yoga and this guy put his mat precisely in front of mine which wasn't necessary since the class wasn't packed.

At some point, smelled something sour. I knew that my clothes were fresh but sniffed them anyway then sniffed my mat.

Surya Namaskar Gloria said. As I did a forward fold, I realized that the fermenty sour smell was coming from the man in front of me. Felt slightly nauseous and wanted to leave. Instead, I just scooted to the back of my mat and tried not to take too many deep breaths. Ironic, hunh?

Someone requested ab work for class. Next time, think the entire class should vote.

Actually, I don't mind ab work and the sequence was relaxing until...

Interesting segment on Nightline about Dan Harris who was self-medicating and had an on-camera breakdown. Meditation has helped him deal with his demons.

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Front Crawl Breathing/Swimming Advice

Inhale as early as possible and for as long as possible.Try to keep one eye in the water.Keep your head on the same plane as your body.from Freestyle Breathing Technique video

If it is in the wrong position, soon everything else will be, too. In swimming as in life, you gotta get your head in the right place.from Breathing While Swimming by Coach Dee, Excel Triathletes Blogspot

The greater the distance between your finger tips and your toes, the better.

Have Goggles, Will Swim, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Triathlon Training

In proper freestyle swimming, the head moves with the body to take the breath; it never moves independently. You don’t want any lifting of the chin to take a breath. You don’t want any looking forward or to the side of the pool to take a breath. You want to rotate your head in line with the your body…

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